Find the list of 80 words you’ll need for this lesson on one of the top TOEIC topics “Kinds of Jobs and Kinds of businesses” including five suggestions for making your own vocabulary games that are proven to engage students and increase retention of new words. To round out the...
Every TOEIC teacher wrestles with choosing the content to include in a preparation course. What TOEIC topics should I cover? What are the most common vocabulary themes found in the exam? I struggled too. So I did some research and drew up a list of the most important topics. Stick...
Want to help your ESL students to finally master the prepositions ‘in on at‘? Try this ‘visual’ slideshow tour of New York City and its flashcard game. Learn how to teach your students to ‘visualize’ each preposition of place and time in 3D or 2D with this slideshow of images...
by Ellen Baker Dubois · Published November 1, 2017 · Last modified February 4, 2026
Here’s the logical, efficient hack to teach your English students how to differentiate between past and present tenses and help them to improve their speaking skills. It’s a timed flash-card game using 41 keywords normally associated with the four basic verb tenses in the present and past. Keywords like: always,...
There’s nothing like learning a new language to tax our memories. If you’re teaching English in a foreign country, you certainly had to learn a second language yourself. Remember how difficult it was to remember all that new vocabulary? Here’s a game to review English vocabulary in class just after...
by Ellen Baker Dubois · Published October 23, 2016 · Last modified February 4, 2026
Business English students preparing for the TOEIC test will love this game because its simple, logical design will give them a quick win. Linking words (ex: but, and, because) connect two ideas and make your writing clear and precise while adding meaning. Students will learn how to choose from among...
by Ellen Baker Dubois · Published June 22, 2016 · Last modified February 4, 2026
Games are a great way to use competition and team learning to motivate your students to learn and retain new business vocabulary and expressions. Print these four business phrasal verb games today to use in class over and over. This is a follow-up to my last blog “How to engage...
This post has been updated to reflect strategies for the current generation of students, including Gen Z and young adult learners. These scaffolded paper-based games are a refreshing break from “screen fatigue” and a way to build human connection in a world of online content. The biggest challenge a Business...
Want to make your ESL students sit up and listen in class? Just announce ‘We’ve got a video today’. A video, and especially a funny video, instantly perks up the hardest to inspire students. Learn to find and download the perfect ESL video without a YouTube Premium account. It doesn’t...
I think we all agree that it’s so important to give your ESL/EFL student what he needs to fulfill his language goals: personalized ESL lessons delivered in the most interesting and engaging way possible. Just about every teacher I know feels this way. But you’ve probably already got a full...
Get your students speaking accurately in minutes with this zero-prep verb tense game. Download it from my TeachersPayTeachers store for FREE.
Master workplace vocabulary with these scaffolded activities designed for professional learners. Download for $3 from my store on TeachersPayTeachers
